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A Copyright And Creative Commons Primer For Freelancers
12:30AM Kevin Purdy | If you’re starting out on your own, or just wondering exactly how and where your independent work is covered by copyright, the Freelance Switch blog has a meaty, explanatory post on the ins and outs of copyright that’s well worth the (long) read. More »
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10:30AM Angus Kidman | One reason your salary might not have kept pace with general trends in recent years is the increasing shift to contracting. Flexibility is one of the great benefits of a contract/freelance lifestyle, but a recent survey suggests increased earnings won’t necessarily follow. More »
Contract Workers Are Seeing Pay Decline
10:30AM Angus Kidman | One reason your salary might not have kept pace with general trends in recent years is the increasing shift to contracting. Flexibility is one of the great benefits of a contract/freelance lifestyle, but a recent survey suggests increased earnings won’t necessarily follow. More »
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Use A “Slash” To Find Work While Unemployed
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Career writer Marci Alboher added a “slash” title (as in “writer/speaker/writing coach”) to business cards and email signature, and saw new coaching work gradually roll in. She suggests other ways anyone looking for work can add their own “slash.” More »
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11:00AM Angus Kidman | For many self-employed people, invoice generation is a task that gets spread inefficiently between Word and Excel. Invoiceplace lets you shift the process online and get some automation happening. More »
Invoiceplace Manages Your Invoicing And Finances
11:00AM Angus Kidman | For many self-employed people, invoice generation is a task that gets spread inefficiently between Word and Excel. Invoiceplace lets you shift the process online and get some automation happening. More »
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12:00PM Angus Kidman | Working from home has heaps of benefits, from being productive in your pyjamas to letting you plot your working day around family and other commitments. But do bosses always take such a friendly view? More »
What Are The Best Reasons For Working From Home?
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Working from home has heaps of benefits, from being productive in your pyjamas to letting you plot your working day around family and other commitments. But do bosses always take such a friendly view? More »
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How Nerdist Chris Hardwick Gets Things Done
10:00AM Kevin Purdy | Funny guy Chris Hardwick reviews gadgets, writes for Wired, does stand-up, acts in TV and movies, writes comedy songs, blogs, Twitters, and makes it all work. Here’s how he does it. More »
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FreelanceSwitch’s “Monster List” Of Freelance Job Sites
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Starting out as a freelancer can be an exhilarating experience, but that part ends right about when you realise you don’t know where to turn next to find your gig. The FreelanceSwitch blog updates its Monster List of freelance job site to more than 150 sites of work offers and contract bidding, including a few non-English options. The best work you’ll get as a freelancer usually comes from folks and firms you already know or can network with, but for filling in the monetary gaps, this list isn’t a bad place to start.
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Find The Best Part-Time Work For Your Time
12:00AM Kevin Purdy | We posted yesterday about 50 side businesses you can start in spare time, but it’s not always apparent which sideline works best for your time, or career. Marci Alboher offers some advice on that front. More »
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1:00PM Angus Kidman | I recently attended a seminar run by the by the New Producers Alliance (a film industry organisation) in London, on making sure your fees as a freelancer don’t drop too much during the current economic meltdown. Having read the frankly astonishing accounts of movie industry negotiation in books like William Goldman’s Adventures In The Screen Trade and Julia Phillips’ You’ll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again, I figured that the film industry might have a different approach to print and Web-oriented writers like myself. Much of the material was pretty familiar, but presenter Rebecca Knapp made one surprising revelation about the haphazard nature of meetings in the movie business:
“The most important thing in terms of negotiation is preparing — really thinking about your meeting before you get there and what your goals are. We all sometimes turn up at meetings and act like it’s an initial meeting and then when they go “how much do you want?” we’re surprised. Even if it is an initial meeting, you should know what you want out of it.”
Sound advice even if you have no intention of seeking funding for a robotic vampire rom com in the near future. For more on negotiating, check out how to get a pay rise by not asking for cash and how to haggle.
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Don’t Enter A Meeting Without Knowing What You Want
1:00PM Angus Kidman | I recently attended a seminar run by the by the New Producers Alliance (a film industry organisation) in London, on making sure your fees as a freelancer don’t drop too much during the current economic meltdown. Having read the frankly astonishing accounts of movie industry negotiation in books like William Goldman’s Adventures In The Screen Trade and Julia Phillips’ You’ll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again, I figured that the film industry might have a different approach to print and Web-oriented writers like myself. Much of the material was pretty familiar, but presenter Rebecca Knapp made one surprising revelation about the haphazard nature of meetings in the movie business:
“The most important thing in terms of negotiation is preparing — really thinking about your meeting before you get there and what your goals are. We all sometimes turn up at meetings and act like it’s an initial meeting and then when they go “how much do you want?” we’re surprised. Even if it is an initial meeting, you should know what you want out of it.”
Sound advice even if you have no intention of seeking funding for a robotic vampire rom com in the near future. For more on negotiating, check out how to get a pay rise by not asking for cash and how to haggle.
More »
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